Tailor&#39;s rule



Patented May 29, )1923.

NETE@ STATES EDWARD GRUBER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

TAILORS RULE.

Application led .Tune 21, 1921.

To all whom z't may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD A. (rRUBER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Tailors Rules, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to rules and more particularl to a rule designedfor tailors use in cutting trousers.

With the present type of rules or tape used by tailors a number ofdifferent measurements must be made to properly cut the lengths and formthe cuff of a pair of trousers and it is an object of the presentinvention to provide a rule structure with which the proper lengths oftrousers and lengths of the various folds of the cuff may be marked by asingle measurement thereby eliminating work and time as well as per-vmitting maximum accuracy in the marking of the trousers.

Another object of the invention is to provide a rule as specified whichis adjustable as to lengt-h so as to permit the accurate cutting ofvarious lengths trousers with a single rule and also a plurality ofheads by means of which an ordinary cuff, a false cuff or a straightbottom may be marked for the trousers.

Other objects of the invention will appear in the following detaileddescription and in the accompanying drawing wherein:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the improved rule.

Fi 2 is a, fragmentary front elevation showing the rule partly adjusted.

Fig. 3 is a cross section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary longitudinal section taken on the line 4 4 ofFig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a cross section taken on the line 5--5 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is a front elevation of a modified form of head used for markingplain bottom trousers.

Fig. 7 is a lan view of a head for markfalse cu s.

ferring more particularly to the drawi the improved rule comprises amain bo 1 formed of any suitable material and graduated on one surfacealon one edge as shown at 2 while the remaimng portion 3 of the surfaceon which the graduations are marked is blank and is adapted to receivesuitable advertising matter. The body Serial No. 479,330.

1 is provided with a longitudinally extending ovetail groove 4 in itsside opposite to the side upon which the graduations 2 are formed andthe dovetail groove 4 receives therein a sliding rule 5 which isgraduated as shown at 6 on its surface fac.- ing the graduated surfaceof the body 1. A head 7 is carried by the upper end of the sliding rule5 and extends transversely of the body 1 having its upper edge 8concavely curved to conform to the curvature of the crotch of trousersto permit the proper measuring of various lengths of the legs of a pairof trousers and a head 8 is graduated, intermediate its ends as shown at9, which graduations co-operate with the graduations 6. The end of therule body 1, remote from the head 7, is reduced in thickness as shown at10 and extends into a suitab-le groove 11 formed in the head 12. The tpe of head 12 illustrated in Fig. 1 of the rawing is designed to permitproper marking of the ends of the trousers for forming cuffs thereon andit comprises substantially three portions 13, 14 and 15, all of equallengths and the widths of each are proper for marking the widths of theportions of cuffs upon trousers. The sections 13 and 14 are providedwith cutoutI portions 16, intermediate their ends and at their ends,along their lower edges which cutout portions provide space forpermitting the marking, with tailors chalk, on the goods from which thetrousers are to be made. The head l2 has a binder strip 17 attachedthereto in any suitable manner which prevents lateral movement of thereduced end 10 of the body 1 relative to the head 12 when inserted inthe recess 11.

The head structure 18 illustrated in Fig. 6 of the drawing is designedfor use in marking straight bottom trousers and it comprises a singlemember recessed as indicated at 19 to receive the reduced end 10 of thebody 1 and is shaped to provide the proper formation for straight bottomtrousers. The type of head 20 shown in Figr 7 of the dra-wing isdesigned for ma-rkin what is commercially known as false Cu andcomprises sect-ions 21,22, and 23 similar to the sections 13, 14 and 15,however the section 21 is narrower than the central section 22 and alsothan the corresponding seotion 13 on the head 12 but in other respectsthe head is similar to the head 7.

It is, of course, to be understood that the invention may be constructedin various other manners and the parts associated in different relationsand, therefore. I do not desire to be limited in any manner except asset forth in the claim hereunto appended.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is:

In a tailors rule an elongated graduated body, a graduated rule slidablycarried thereby, a cross head carried by one end of said sliding ruleand having its outer 10 edge concavely curved` and a trousers bottommarking head removably carried by said body` and comprising a pluralityof connected portions for marking the various folds of a trouser cuil'.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

EDWARD A. GRUBER.

